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Compulsory School Attendance
Duty ot Parent and Guardian. Enrollment and Attendance ot Child. Excuse ot
. Absences.
So-. 17!. l,vc*r;, |•;, i iit, guardian or "Mht person having charge and control of
* chili! hetweer. the :tgr<- of eight and i'ourtoeii years, who is not exempted or
, xeu'fil iff* hereinafter provided, shall cause said child to he enrolled in Had to
(tend enntin'iiiusly ft>r six months id’ enrti year :v public school of the district
• r of city oi (own iu which the child reside*; which period of attendance shall
eonin enec at the beginning of the first term of said school in the year. Such at
- nihmee at a pul*! : < si (tool shall not be required where the child attends for the
.;• period some other school giving instruction irt the ordinary branches of
‘iiglish edi.iation, >t has completed the seventh grade of school work ns pro
rite i l>y the Slide Hoard of Education, or where, for good reasons, the suffi
>niy of wli ■ h .-! • 11 be determined by the board of education of the county or
■ w. .i .ii v.ltieh (he child resides, the said board excuses temporarily the child
non idi n!ti i.dua-e, -uch board- authorized to take into consideration the
ins'ins for agricultural labor and the need for such labor, in exercising (heir
liscrction ns to the time for which children in fanning districts shall bo excused.
Provided, that no guardian ihatl be compelled to send such child or children to
v.kool out of any other than the funds belonging to the ward or wards. Tempo
!.iv -■ „<:>• ot ■-• i ’■ • 1 Id ejirolh and !'.. pupil may be <:j used by the principal or
esu-hei in eliarue • tin school, bee: use of bud weather, sickness, death in the
child's family, or other reasonable) cause.
(Penalty for Non Compliance. Suspension of Punishment. Notice Board.
Sit. 17J. 'ny parent, guardiur or other peison who ho? charge and control ot
* hi Id belweeu the .ige.s aforesaid, and who wilfully fails to comply with the
orego nj, rofjinrcaient.H shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, anti on conviction
'here"; hull In- punished by fine not to e need ten dollars for the first ofTcnsc,
nd not to exceed twenty dollar? for '’ach subsequent offense, said fines to m-
Tude all co.-ta; but the court, trying the case may, in its discretion, suspend en
rVujL-einoiit of (tie punishmcut, it the child be immediately placed in attendance
•r. u school ns afi • -said, and may finally remit the same if such attendance has
ontinued regularly for the ncaiber of mouths hereinbefore prescribed for nttoud
• iir-e. S< h".d n*t< r.duiice r.oy be proud by an attested certificate of the princt
;■! or tern her in charge ot the school. So person shall be prosacutcd tor viola
fion of the foregoing reijuircincatd nairas the board of education of the county
•*i tuunb-.ipolity :u which the person acaused of sindi violation re-idea ahall hove
aused to be served upon the accused, at least ton days before prosecution, n
■ rilti r notice of the '-Large' with thv name of (ho <tiild to which rt refers. Any
,‘erson s>. notified, net previously convicted of violation of thi.s Act us to the
hi Id referred to : n said notiee, may prevent prosecution on the charge set out
herein, by giviug, at any trm bt u>ti: such prosecution is instituted, a bond in
■he pcnnl sum of ftty dollars payable lo the Ordinary of the county, with so
writy to l e approved by tire Ordinary, conditioned that the said person shall
henceforth faithfully comply with the requirements of this sect inn as to thn
aid child. Each day’s willful failure of i. parent, guardian or other person iu
- Large and'control of n child ns aforesaid, after the e.xptratron of ten days from
-neb notice, to cause the child to attend school, when such attendance is required
f*y 'hi - section, shall constitute a separate offenw. In prosecutions under this
section the exemptions and excuses herein provided for shall be matters of de
fense to bo established by the accused, und need not be negatived in thedudiot-.
went or accusation.
Duties of Boards of Education and Teachers. * "
See. 17.’.. It ,‘iJmll be the duty ot' the County and .Municipal iltmrils ot llilucii*
lion t< investigate as to the attendance and non-attendance of children roquirod
by this section to attend the schools under the'r supervision, nnd it ahull also be
hoir duty to institute or cause to t>e i-wtsrtutod proaoeutiußS against persona vio
•oting this section. It shall foe thu duty of the principal or teacher in charge of
•**y public school, in which pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years
"l age are instructed, to keep an accurate record of the attendance of such pu
yils, ai.d at the end ot each month to tnako written report of the same to the
Hoard o' IMurrition haviug supervision of the school, nnd o, :\o , < ■ therein es
-used absences and the reason- therefor.
Attendance Officer.
Hcc. 171. Kadi County and Municipal Board of Education shull employ an at
’ ondaace officer whore duty it shall be to report to the Hoard of Education fail
m> i , ntteudance on the pari of pupils between the ages of sand 11 years, for
his service these officials shall be paid not loss than one dollar nor more than
liree ih.liars per day during the time employed and said payment shall be paid,
far as possible, from the fees collected. The balance due shall bo puid from
he school funds of the county or local avast tin. Any Board or local school sys*
'cm failing to comply with this law for attendance officer shall not bo entitled
o rccoivi tend i from t lie State Treasury (intil it is .-how a that sa:,i attendance
ellicer has been appointed nnd has entered upon hm duties.
**ncs and Korferturcs a Part of School Bund,
See.. 1, \! 1 du i irnposod hereunder and aft sum required to be paid as pen
itic. under bonds given under this st'etion. shall, after payment of the costs of
prosecution and of rocovoiy thereof, be sum! into the county treasury and bocoma
i part of the school fund o' the county.
Law Effective, When.
Sec. 170. The provisions of this Act shaft become opersti • e on the first.' day of
-luuuiiry, in the ycc.r nineteen htadrt-l and tv*<-nty.
TubUcatlon of Law.
Sec. 177. It shall be the duty ot tin* Hmirtt ot Education ot each county, at
leant four weeks before the fir t day of January following the adoption of this
•setion, t cause this .cetion to la published in a no*'spaper of the county, it
here be nur, and to cause copies of this section to posted l vt. the court toms*
if the county and :U. the public, schools them.
The above is Us Compulsory Educational Law vv, ci,-p t> lira* the State
'• bool Emu is r.s onnorlv, so it necessary t hat we • a !•••*•• fnn law. Wo m
pei-t nve patron to put. then children in school .as ,1< •tv v 'cw preooeu
f icin'- i Lomov County ns pos i.d The fo, ii -r to it no •tvton
for its not being complied with.
Board ii Education Barrow County, (In.
Dr. ,T. C. Daniel, Bi-e.-viimt
J, It. Thompson.
(. J. Currish, 7
L. W. Lcalit,
It. W. Hoynie,
\V M'. Holseiibec ii, ' - cecaury
TEXAS PAYS SIO,OOO TO HIGH
WAY ENGINEER
Austin. Texas, Decernin'! U
B. Windrow, state highway en
qjnetr, will he the highest paid
-.tato olViier in Texas January 1.
alien an increase in his salary to
V 10,000 a year, granted by the
highway commission today, be
comes * fleet ive.
NO DRAFTED TROOPS ON
DUTY IN SIBERIA
Wasnington, December tt>. \U
uf the selective service uun who
nuvo been on duly in Siberia have
been relieved by volunteers, the
war department announced to
day, and the last of them will ar
rive at. Francisco about den
ary I
BASKET BALL
1 .ne.of the hardest fought
vanns ever played on the. Winder
tie t. tin* Winder Toy Scouts d° .
li e -l the last Lusvroe—ville High
School team, by the* elosi score of
s i ( , Tin- lent tires of the game
was .liuohs at guard for the
Seoul- who seared half his teams
points .iisi held his man scoreless
and the guarding of Craig for the
j \ isitors. The following is the line
up
R S. A.
Bussell 2, F. Pentecost 1, Max
well 2, F (ianicr 4, Harrison C
Cower, .facobw 4, G, Craig Wil.
liams, U, Maddox.
I Mt. \ It i anybody shoot you any
hot air about some*bine lost as
good as Heaver Board. U Is not.
,Find it st W. K. Voui's’s.
TVS* HARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA -
ATHENS FIREMEN SAVE LAW
SCHOOL BUILDING.
Athens, Ga., December lt>.
(Special.)—A small fire occurred
in the building now occupied by
the Lumkin Law schoool of the
University of Georgia today at
noon. The building wax saved from
the flumes by two students, C. N.
Welch and O. W. Holmes, who
were studying for the Christmas,
examinations iu one of the class
roi/nri.s of the school. A large crowd
gathered around th< building
quickly, as the lire was making
great headway, but fortunately' it
was discovered in time for the fire
men to control the flames and very
little damage was done. The stu
dents at the university are stand
ing the examination for the pre
sent term and school will close on
the 19th of December and open
again on January 2,192 b.
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To The Public:
I wish to thank the people of fh is
section for their liberal patronage dur
ing' the year.
My desire is to please those who
trade with me and to treat them fair.
I keep a general line of merchan
dise and make a special effort to have
in stock what the people need.
I ask a continuance of your trade
another year, and have some special
bargains to offer you for the next
week.
W. R. SMITH
The Chance to Get
Goods at Cost
Change in Firm January Ist
As the public knows, there will be a
change made in the firm of Griffeth, Autry 7k
Cos., after January 1,1920.
We are offering merchandise which are
worth much more than we are asking, in
order to move the goods before we take stock.
Mens’ work shoes at cost
Boys’ Clothing at cost
Hats and Caps at cost
Boys’ knee pants at cost
In fact, practically everything in stock
AT COST
Now Is Your Chance
Griffeth, Autry &
Company
Winder, Georgia.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER_IBtfa